QuickChek campaign to benefit wounded veterans

By: David Winzelberg June 1, 2018Comments Off on QuickChek campaign to benefit wounded veterans

Convenience market chain QuickChek begins a fundraising effort Saturday to benefit post 9/11 service members and their families.

QuickChek customers can purchase paper dog tags for $1 at any of the company’s 156 fresh convenience market store locations in the New York metropolitan area through June 7 to help raise money for Hope For The Warriors, according to a company statement. The nonprofit group aims to enhance the quality of life for veterans and families of the fallen who’ve sustained physical and psychological wounds in the line of duty.

QuickChek, which has stores in Copiague, Bethpage and Lake Grove, has raised more than $439,000 for Hope For The Warriors and its programs through the in-store promotion, an annual golf outing, and the Long Island Run For The Warriors. Last year, the Whitehouse Station, NJ-based chain raised more than $155,000 during a similar campaign.

Each paper dog tag purchased will be signed and posted on the walls of each of the company’s stores in support of service members and their families.

“We are very pleased to honor and support our service members and their families who give so much of themselves,” QuickChek CEO Dean Durling said in the statement. “We are also very proud of the continued support we receive from our customers who have welcomed us into their neighborhoods. It is a reflection of our commitment to caring and recognition of our total dedication to our customers and members of the community in need.”